Highlands Weekend Retreat

We had a great weekend in Highlands! Below are some resources from the weekend's activities as well as other, related resources that may be of interest.


Great Smoky Mountains National Park Resources
Climate Change and the Great Smoky Mountain National Park (video)
Landsat 7 Image of Great Smoky Mountain National Park
NASA's Precipitation Measurement Mission (PMM), Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Lesson: Monitoring Bird Phenology

Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center

Climate Change in the NPS and the Smokies (PPT presentation)
Salamanders and Storms: Issues Facing The Smokies in a Changing Climate_June2011
(PPT presentation)



Phenology Resources
Phenology Activity
Densiometer (instructions for making and directions for use)
Phenology Monitoring (two page fact sheet)
Red Maple Information Sheet




Hemlock Resources

Dying giants: The loss of hemlocks in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Biological Controls (video)
Study Finds Hemlock Trees Dying Rapidly, Affecting Forest Carbon Cycle
Broad-scale mapping of Eastern hemlock decline in the Southern Appalachians using vegetative phenology (pdf presentation)
The Tiny Terrors Project


Southern Appalachian Forests

Forest Canopy Heights Across the United States (image)
Predicting climate change extirpation risk for central and Southern Appalachian forest tree species (article)




Salamander Resources

Climate Change and the Red-Cheeked Salamander (video)
Projected Loss of a Salamander Diversity Hotspot as a Consequence of Projected Global Climate Change
Tracking Climate Change, Mapping Wildlife Habitat, Open Spaces Institute